The recent news of Junior Seau's suicide has raised questions about what long term effects head injuries and repeated concussions can have upon an individual's life after their playing days. Fitzsimmons Law Firm attorney, Robert Fitzsimmons, is the co-director of the Brain Injury Research Institute (BIRI) which is an organization whose purpose is to study the short and long-term impact of brain injuries, the development of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), and the psychosocial effect of CTE upon individuals' lives. In an interview with the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Robert Fitzsimmons discusses the death of Junior Seau along with BIRI's request to autopsy his brain to determine whether Junior Seau suffered from CTE.
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